I. Mannered, of morals, good or bad; constituted, conditioned, circumstanced (class.): “nequiquam mulier exornata est bene, si morata est male,” Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 132: condigne pater est ejus moratus moribus, id. Capt. 1, 1, 39: “morata recte (puella),” id. Aul. 2, 2, 62: “viri bene morati,” Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 184: “genus hominum optime moratum,” id. Agr. 2, 31, 84: “melius,” id. Fin. 1, 19, 63: “ita haec morata est janua,” is of such a nature, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 10: “male moratus venter,” insatiable, Ov. M. 15, 95: “bene morata disciplina,” Col. 1, 8: “aut multitudinem melius moratam censeam fieri posse,” Liv. 26, 22, 14: “in tam bene morata civitate,” id. 45, 23, 10: “bene moratae urbes,” Quint. 8, 6, 24.—
II. Esp. of style, etc., adapted to the manners or character of a person, or to the subject, characteristic: “poëma,” Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66: “recte morata Fabula,” in which the characters are accurately drawn, Hor. A. P. 319; cf.: “in oratione morata debent esse omnia cum dignitate,” Quint. 4, 2, 64.
